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October 23, 1944 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Notre Dame (40) Ind 4-0 917 W 28-13 H Wisconsin
2 < 2 Army (30) Ind 4-0 909  
3 < 3 Randolph Field (23) Ind 4-0 843  
4 < 4 Ohio State (14) Big Ten 4-0 790  
5 < 8 Georgia Tech SEC 4-0 589  
6 < 5 Iowa Pre-Flight Ind 5-1 347  
7 < 7 Penn Ind 3-0 269  
7 < 13 Tulsa MVC 4-0 269 W 47-0 N Mississippi
9 < 10 North Carolina Pre-Flight Ind 4-0-1 166  
10 < 11 Purdue Big Ten 3-2 153  
11 < 14 March Field/4th AF Ind 3-0-1 109  
12 < 9 Navy Ind 2-2 101  
13 < 18 Bainbridge Naval (2) Ind 4-0 93  
14 < NR Illinois Big Ten 4-1-1 55  
15 < 19 2nd Air Force Ind 5-1 52  
16 < 6 Great Lakes Naval Ind 3-1 46  
17 < 20 Indiana Big Ten 4-1 44 W 14-7 A Northwestern
18 < NR Wake Forest Southern 5-0 38 W 21-7 A NC State
19 < 17 Tennessee SEC 3-0-1 23  
19 < NR 3rd Air Force Ind 4-0 23  
19 < NR Mississippi State SEC 4-0 23  
NR < 12 California PCC 0  
NR < 15 Michigan Big Ten 0  
NR < 15 USC PCC 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 12 9.5 3875
Big Ten 4 11.3 1042
SEC 3 14.3 635
MVC 1 7.0 269
Southern 1 18.0 38

Notes

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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.